"Taking a clear and chronological approach to this complex subject, and placing events in the context of their longer-term histories, Ian J. Bickerton and Carla L. Klausner examine the issues and themes that have characterized and defined the conflict over the course of its history, bringing the coverage up to date with a twenty-first-century perspective. Starting in the nineteenth century, the book moves through the British Mandate, World War II, and the proclamation of the state of Israel, the widening and deepening conflict and attempts at a peace process, the impacts of 9/11 and the Arab Spring, and finally it discusses events to the end of 2021. In a completely revised Conclusion the authors examine how we interpret many of the startling, rapidly changing, and somewhat unpredictable events of the last five years." Provided by the publisher.

Previous edition: 2018.

Machine generated contents note:Defining the Question -- Who Are the Arabs and Jews? -- The Religious Dimension: Judaism and Islam -- The Task of the Historian -- The Landscape of Palestine -- 1. Palestine in the Nineteenth Century -- Palestine under the Ottoman Empire -- The Arabs of Palestine -- Jews in Nineteenth-Century Palestine -- The Birth of Modern Zionism -- The Jewish and Arab Communities of Palestine on the Eve of World War I -- 2. Palestine During the Mandate -- The Hussein -- McMahon Correspondence -- The Sykes -- Picot Agreement -- The Balfour Declaration -- Postwar Settlement -- The Mandates -- Land, Immigration, and White Papers -- 3. World War II, Jewish Displaced Persons, and the Partition of Palestine -- The Holocaust -- Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust -- The United States, American Jews, and Palestine to 1945 -- Palestine after World War II -- The Displaced Persons and Palestine -- Postwar British and American Policy -- The Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry -- Palestine before the United Nations -- UNSCOP Majority Report -- The United States and the Partition Proposal -- UNGA Approves the Partition of Palestine -- Arab and Jewish Response to the UN Partition Resolution -- Partition in Doubt -- 4. The Proclamation of Israel and First Arab -- Israeli War -- Israel Declared and the War of 1948 -- The Palestinian Refugees -- Israel: A Jewish State -- The Arabs of Palestine: 1948 -- Conclusion -- 5. The Conflict Widens: Suez, 1956 -- The Uncertain Years, 1949 -- 1956 -- Israel and the Palestinians -- Israel and the Arab States -- Background to the 1956 War -- The Baghdad Pact, 1955 -- The Suez Crisis -- 6. The Turning Point: June 1967 -- Israel after 1956 -- The Arab States after 1956 -- US-Soviet Involvement: The Cold War and the Arms Race -- Syria, the Palestinians, and the War of 1967 -- Recapitulation -- 7. Holy Days and Holy War: October 1973 -- The Palestinians and the PLO after 1967 -- Diplomacy, the War of Attrition, and the Rogers Plan -- Detente and the Role of the Superpowers -- Egypt Prepares for War -- The 1973 War and Its Aftermath -- The Arab Embargo and the Oil Weapon -- 8. The Search for Peace: 1973 -- 1979 -- The Peace Process, 1973 -- 1979 -- Water and the Arab -- Israeli Conflict -- The Camp David Accords -- 9. Lebanon and the Intifada -- Lebanon -- The Intifada -- The Superpowers and the Peace Process -- 10. The Peace of the Brave -- The End of the Cold War and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union -- The Gulf War, 1990 -- 1991 -- The Madrid Peace Conference, October 1991 -- The Road to Peace -- The September 1993 Israeli -- PLO Accord -- 11. The Peace Progresses -- The Gaza -- Jericho Agreement between Israel and the PLO -- Peace between Jordan and Israel, July 1994 -- The Road to Oslo II -- The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, November 1995 -- The Israeli Elections of May 1996 -- 12. Collapse of the Peace Process -- Peace Negotiations Stall, 1997 -- Internal Problems in Israel and in the PLO -- The Death of King Hussein, February 1999 -- The Election of Ehud Barak -- The Sharm al-Sheikh Memorandum, September 1999 -- The Syrians -- and Great Expectations -- The Talks Continue -- Lebanon, 2000 -- Camp David II, July 2000 -- The al-Aqsa Intifada and Collapse of the Peace Process -- The Election Victory of Ariel Sharon, 2001 -- 13. The Arab -- Israeli Conflict in the Post-9/11 World -- Sharon's New Government Hardens Policy -- September 11, 2001 and Its Aftermath -- The Quartet "Road Map" to Peace, 2002 -- Sharon's 2003 Unilateral Gaza Withdrawal Plan -- Controversy over the Security Barrier and Targeted Killings -- Death of Yasser Arafat, 2004; Mahmoud Abbas Elected President of PA -- The Gaza Withdrawal, 2005 -- 14. Perilous Times: 2006 -- 2009 -- Introduction -- Sharon Suffers Stroke -- Palestinian Elections and Hamas Victory, January 2006 -- Kadima Wins Israeli Elections, March 2006 -- Israeli -- Hizbullah Conflict, July 2006 -- Gaza and the Israeli -- Palestinian Situation -- Hamas Gains Control of the Gaza Strip, June 2007 -- The Annapolis Conference, November 2007 -- Olmert -- Abbas Discussions, 2008 -- The Gaza War of 2008 -- 2009 -- New Directions in US Policy -- The Richard Goldstone Report, 2009 -- 2009 Israeli Temporary Settlement Freeze -- 15. Dramatic Events: 2010 -- 2013 -- Introduction -- Diplomatic Initiatives -- The 2011 Arab Spring and Its Repercussions -- Israeli-Palestinian Developments 2011 -- Political Developments among the Palestinian Factions and in Israel and Egypt, 2011 -- 2012 -- The November 2012 Israel -- Gaza Clash -- 16. Years of Increasing Turbulence and Uncertainty: 2013 -- 2021 -- Introduction -- Israel and the Palestinian Authority -- End of the Two-State Solution? -- Elections in the United States and the Presidency of Donald Trump, 2016 -- The 2020 Trump Peace Plan -- Israel and the United Arab Emirates Reach Historic Agreement in 2020: The Abraham Accords -- Last Days of the Trump Administration -- Joe Biden Assumes the Presidency, 2021 -- Regional Developments, 2003 -- 2021.